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• English Literature, American Studies and Creative Writing

We normally expect students to have a First or Upper Second class honours degree or its overseas equivalent in aÌýhumanities-based subject area.

An overall grade of IELTS 7.0 with 7.0 in writing and no skill below 6.5 is required or 100+ in the TOEFL iBTÌýwith a minimum writing score of 25 and no skill below 22.

If you haveÌýobtained a differentÌýqualification, pleaseÌýcheck ourÌý Ìýto ensure that it is accepted and equivalent to the above requirements.

Some English Language test results are only valid for two years. Your English Language test report must be valid on the start date of the course.

We accept a range of qualifications from different countries. For these and general requirements including English language see .

For entry in the academic year beginning September 2027, the tuition fees are as follows:

• MA (full-time)
  UK students (per annum): £14,400
  International, including EU, students (per annum): £29,800
• MA (part-time)
  UK students (per annum): £7,200
  International, including EU, students (per annum): £14,900

The fees quoted above are fully inclusive of tuition, administration and computational costs.

Fees for entry are subject to yearly review. The University reserves the right to increase your tuition fee by up to 7% each year for courses lasting more than one year, including to reflect rising costs associated with delivering our educational and wider student experience. Postgraduate fees information .

Always contact the admissions team if you are unsure which fee applies to your qualification award and method of attendance.

International student CAS deposit

Self-funded international applicants are required to pay a deposit of £2500 towards their tuition fees before a confirmation of acceptance for studies (CAS) is issued. Some applicants will be required to pay a higher deposit. More information on tuition fee deposits .

All students should normally be able to complete their programme of study without incurring additional study costs over and above the tuition fee for that programme. Any unavoidable additional compulsory costs totalling more than 1% of the annual home undergraduate fee per annum, regardless of whether the programme in question is undergraduate or postgraduate taught, will be made clear to you at the point of application. Further information can be found in the University's (PDF document, 91KB).

We know that student finance can be complicated. The links below provide further information to help guide you.

• Learn more about - student finance options for UK students.
• Learn more about - fees and finance for international students .
• Graduates of Ä¢¹½ÊÓƵ and Manchester Metropolitan University can receive a 10% discount on their master's degree tuition fees as part of our Manchester Alumni Loyalty Discount scheme.

Entry to the course is competitive and there are always many more applicants than places. Applicants are mainly considered on the basis of their portfolio, an assessment of past and predicted academic achievements, and any other supplementary evidence that supports the application.

We assess applications together in batches roughly once a month from November onwards. Please note that the final submission date for applications is 31st July.

You will be notified of the progress of your application shortly after the batch in which your application appears has been assessed, i.e. if you submit in October you will be considered in the November batch, and should hear from us by early December..

You may be offered a chance to become a reserve candidate which could turn into an offer of a place in June if the course is not filled by then. If you apply after the end of July you will not be considered for a place until the following academic year.

We accept a range of qualifications from different countries that equate to a UKÌý2.1. For these and general requirements including English language see .

If English is notÌýyour first language,Ìýplease provide us withÌýevidence of:Ìý

• an overall grade 7.0 (with a minimum writing score of 7)Ìýin IELTS; or
• 100+ in the IBT Internet-based TOEFL).

The other language tests we accept can be found here:

Exceptions toÌýneeding a language test (if English is NOT your first language)Ìýare:

• if you have successfully completed an academic qualification deemed by UK NARIC as equivalent to at least a UK Bachelors Degree or higher from one of the following countries:

  Antigua & Barbuda; Australia; Bahamas; Barbados; Belize; Dominica; Grenada; Guyana; Ireland; Jamaica; New Zealand; St Kitts and Nevis; St Lucia; St Vincent and the Grenadines; Trinidad and Tobago; UK; USA.

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Applicants may defer entry for 12 months provided they contact theÌýadmissions administratorÌýbefore September 1st. PleaseÌýnote thatÌýapplicants are subject to the fees for the entryÌýyear they willÌýstart the course.

If you applied in the previous year and your application was not successful you may apply again. Your application will be considered against the standard course entry criteria for that year of entry. In your new application you should demonstrate how your application has improved. We may draw upon all information from your previous applications or any previous registrations at the University as a student when assessing your suitability for your chosen course.

All applicants without exception must provide a portfolio of creative work as part of their application. Applicants should submit:

• 3,000 words of prose fiction, or
• 7/8 poems, or
• a combination of the two (e.g. 1500 words of prose fiction and 3/4 poems, or 1000 words of prose fiction and 5/6 poems, etc.)

The portfolio will be assessed by an academic within the department. The final date for submission of an application, including portfolio, is 31st July.

Please note that if you do not submit a writing sample in a particular genre, you cannot be guaranteed entry to that genre’s workshop modules; so, if you submit a portfolio of fiction only, you may not be eligible to enter poetry workshops, and if you submit a portfolio of poetry only, you may not be eligible to enter fiction workshops. For this reason, you should include in your portfolio writing samples from the genre(s) you feel you are most likely to want to study while with us. If you have questions about this process, please get in touch with the admissions tutor for the course, who will also be able to talk to you if you are invited for interview.

Please do not submit non-fiction writing, theatre or screenplays as portfolios for admission to the MA Creative Writing. If you are interested in writing for theatre or screen, you may wish to consider our MA Screenwriting and MA Playwriting courses.

We look forward to reading your work.

You will undertake units totalling 180 credits. Core units combine to make 120 credits, with the remaining 60 credits allocated to the dissertation.

There are no mandatory units as part of this course. Students are required to choose a combination of workshops and seminars based on their individual focus, either poetry or fiction writing.

Semester 1

You may choose to take two workshops - Fiction Workshop I and Writing Poems I - or you may take one workshop and one seminar. Typical seminars will be Forms of Fiction and Reading Poems: Lyric and the Anthropocene.

Semester 2

You may choose again to take two workshops, selected from Writing Fiction II, Writing Poems II, or Creative Non-Fiction. Alternatively you may choose one workshop plus a seminar, or two seminars. Typical seminars will be Twenty-First Century Literature, Trans Theory, and Publishing: History, Theory, Practice.
Dissertation.

Your dissertation will comprise 12,000 to 15,000 words of your own fiction or non-fiction writing, or 15 to 20 poems.

The course unit details given below are subject to change, and are the latest example of the curriculum available on this course of study.

Practical support and advice for current students and applicants is available from the Disability Advisory and Support Service. Email: dass@manchester.ac.uk